International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : ( 90) Last page : ( 103)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Logical Thinking and Locality as The Determinants of Academic Achievement Among School Students

Dr. Gupta Madhu*, Ms. Kavita**

* Professor, Department of Education, MDU, Rohtak

** Department of Education, MDU, Rohtak

Online published on 28 July, 2016.

Abstract

The power of thinking and reasoning considered the essential tools for the welfare and meaningful existence of the individual as well as society. Logical thinking plays fundamental role in construction of the concept and a requirement for success in course& training. Keeping this in view, the present study was designed to examine empirically the effect of logical thinking on the academic achievement of rural and urban school students. A research was conducted on sample of 250 school students (118 rural & 132 urban) studying in Xth class CBSE affiliated private schools that were randomly selected from different institutions of Rohtak district of Haryana State. Descriptive survey method was used to elicit opinion of rural and urban school students about their logical thinking and their scholastic achievement at school. The Logical thinking of the sample was assessed by using Kumar & Tiwari's Logical-thinking test (LTT-KSTS) (2005) & for the academic achievement of students, the school record i.e. a marks obtained by the students in previous class was considered. The data was analyzed statistically by using 3×2 ANOVA supplemented by t-test. The findings of the study revealed that logical thinking had a significant impact on the academic achievement of student whereas significant difference was observed in academic achievement of the students studied in rural and urban school. However, the significant interaction effect of logical thinking and locality on the academic achievement of students was found.

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Keywords

Logical Thinking, Academic Achievement, Locality etc.

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